Red. Blue. Green. Three choices that defined a series that stood among the best of the generation. Public perception would call it one of the greatest failures in storytelling ever to grace gaming. I'd call it one of the best.

Video games return to the science fiction genre perhaps more often than any other. But look around, some of our favorite stories are coming to fruition all around us. Science fiction is becoming science fact.

Plenty of gamers aren't in pursuit of a challenge when it comes to their gaming, but for those who are, where do they find that challenge? Is there a universal understanding of difficulty that spans across all games?